Leaves hung in the stillness like hands of the newly dead.

His weakness was his belief that evil had boundaries.

I was born with the devil in me,' [Holmes] wrote. 'I could not help the fact that I was a murderer, no more than the poet can help the inspiration to sing.

Time lost can never be recovered...and this should be written in flaming letters everywhere.

I thought I'd go to a bookstore and see what moved me.

It was so easy to disappear, so easy to deny knowledge, so very easy in the smoke and din to mask that something dark had taken root. This was Chicago, on the eve of the greatest fair in history.

Beneath the stars the lake lay dark and sombre," Stead wrote, "but on its shores gleamed and glowed in golden radiance the ivory city, beautiful as a poet's dream, silent as a city of the dead.

I must confess a shameful secret: I love Chicago best in the cold.

Chicago has disappointed her enemies and astonished the world

. . . why some men choose to fill their brief allotment of time engaging the impossible, others in the manufacture of sorrow.

I'm very perverse. If someone tells me I have to read a book, I'm instantly disinclined to do so.

A life of failure could only be possible if one betrays oneself by giving up on one's true destiny to settle for failure.

When the morning sun wakes up, the darkness in the valleys looks for a place to hide!

I believe that God knows what each of us wants and needs. It's not necessary for us to make it to church on Sunday to reach Him. You can find Him anyplace.

You have not forgotten to remember; You have remembered to forget. But people can forget to forget. That is just as important as remembering to remember - and generally more practical.

There is sadness and confusion in our hearts / And the world prepares to fight / as it tears itself apart, it isn't fair

France on its own cannot impose its point of view. But neither should it give up on its demands. With a clear vote for change France will be in a strong position.

As far as the search for truth is concerned, 98% of our thinking is rubbish. The remaining 2% is garbage. Throw it all out and be empty! Truth cannot be caught by intellect alone - grace is needed.

Young people get very excited when they hear why they are Americans. It is not hard to do.

You are trying to kidnap what I have rightfully stolen, and I think it quite ungentlemanly.